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Fewer on the buses
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PUBLIC USE of buses and trains decreased and car usage increased during the 11 years from 1965 to 1976, according to new figures published by the Department of Transport this week.
In 1975/76 people travelled 25 per cent more miles than they did 10 years earlier — but the number of journeys increased by less than 15 per cent.
As might be expected, the highest increases in the number of journeys was by old people — partly as a result of the concessionary fares schemes. And as public transport has declined with lack of use, those who were would-be passengers have found other means such as lifts from carowning friends.
The length of the journey to work has increased by one mile for employees compared to the mid-60s figure but employers, managers, and professional workers have increased the average length of their trip from seven to nine miles while the unskilled travel on average four miles — up 10 per cent on the 1965 figure.